Climategate!
#101
Here's a good summary of the "decline" which was "hidden", with comparisons of graphs with and without the fudging:
American Thinker: Understanding Climategate's Hidden Decline
American Thinker: Understanding Climategate's Hidden Decline
They had incentives to hide certain bits of data because it would be difficult to explain to laymen that the little ice age was caused by volcanic and solar variations. The increase in co2 levels and consequently global surface temperatures post industrial revolution was unprecedented.
+ peer review is a necessary but not complete reason to credit or discredit scientific research.
Last edited by naarleven; 12-07-2009 at 04:13 PM.
#104
The co2 released stays in the atmosphere and absorbs more heat. I agree with you on some of the idea that radical legislation could be detrimental - but if done correctly it could funnel money into research and development and consequently create jobs, ect. They're not trying to strong arm people into cutting greenhouses realistically. More like apply incentives to change.